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Händel's Messiah at Bergen National Opera

Dates: (5/31/2017 - 6/3/2017 )

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Bergen National Opera


Edvard Griegs plass 1
Bergen,Hordaland 5015

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Tickets: 150kr - 590kr

Running Time: 3 hours including break of 30 min. Number of breaks: 1

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Messiah by George Frideric Handel was first performed in Dublin in the spring of 1742. After a rather modest reception in London, the work was eventually regarded as a triumph and has become one of the Western world's most performed and loved choral works.

Messiah was one of Handel's own favourites. He conducted the oratorio himself a number of times, often adapting it to the occasion. Handel experts Malcolm Bruno and Caroline Ritchie are now completing the first published edition of the authentic original Messiah, which will premiere at the 2017 Bergen International Festival. Here Messiah will be presented as first conceived, as an operatic entertainment, with all the extended, virtuosic arias that reveal the operatic feel of the 1740s London stage.

The Bergen International Festival and Bergen National Opera present the premiere performance, created by director, designer and video artist Netia Jones, known for her originals stagings of classical works.

Four outstanding sololists, the early music ensemble Baroque Soloists and the vocal ensembles Edvard Grieg Choir and Cathedra are led by Bjarte Eike. Choir master Michael McCarthy, director of music at Washinton National Cathedral and known for his association with the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter film, has adapted the choral parts of Messiah.

Cast and Creative team for Händel's Messiah at Bergen National Opera

Georg Friedrich Händel, edited by
Malcolm Bruno / Music
Excerpts from King James Bible and The Common Book of Prayer,
edited by Charles Jennens / Text
Netia Jones / Director, design and video
Bjarte Eike / Music Director
Michael McCarthy / Associate Music Director

Malin Christensson / Soprano
Renata Pokupic / Mezzo-soprano
Pierre Derhet / Tenor?
Igor Bakan / Bass

Barokksolistene
?Edvard Grieg Kor?
Cathedra?
Michael McCarthy / Choirmaster
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